Effects of the dominant lethal yellow mutation on reproduction, growth, feed consumption, body temperature, and body composition of the Japanese quail

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1646-1650

  Minvielle, F ^a   Gourichon, D ^a   Ito, S ^b   Inoue Murayama, M ^b   Riviere S ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Agouti; Japanese quail; Plumage color; Yellow

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COTURNIX; DOMINANT GENE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; LETHAL GENE; MALE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COTURNIX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, LETHAL; MALE; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION; POULTRY DISEASES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 34548551383     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.8.1646     Document Type: Article

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